Seventeen badly run state-institutions cost taxpayers Rs. 70 bn annually
Feb. 14 (LBO) – Despite just over two decades of public sector reforms, 17 government entities continue to hemorrhage, draining Rs. 70 billion each year …
Feb. 14 (LBO) – Despite just over two decades of public sector reforms, 17 government entities continue to hemorrhage, draining Rs. 70 billion each year …
Feb. 10 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's trade deficit widened by 12 percent to US$ 2.5 billion for the year ended 2005, though foreign remittances helped strengthen …
Feb 9 (AFP) - Peacebroker Norway and talks host Switzerland stepped up diplomatic moves Thursday to arrange face-to-face talks between Sri Lanka's warring …
Feb 06 (LBO) – A drop in violence and impending peace talks between warring factions has failed to convince Sri Lanka’s top donors that the …
Feb 4 (AFP) - Sri Lanka put on a bristling display of its military might to mark freedom day Saturday as Tamil rebels forced a work stoppage ahead of key talks …
Feb 4 (AFP) - Sri Lankan authorities Saturday freed nearly 2,000 convicts to mark the island's 58th anniversary of independence from Britain, a prison …
Feb 03 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's key international donors put off their Friday meeting with Tamil Tiger rebels, following protests by Marxists and Buddhist monks. …
Colombo, Feb 2 (PTI) Panic-stricken Sri Lankan legislators today agreed to put off their sittings by nearly two weeks following a bomb scare inside the …
Jan. 31 (LBO) - Sri Lanka Tuesday raised import duties (taxes) on rice and wheat flour to discourage flour imports and to boost demand for local rice, the …
Jan. 31 (LBO) - Top officials from international donor agencies will travel to the north on Friday to meet Tamil Tiger representatives to discuss …
Jan. 31 (LBO) ? Sri Lanka's annual inflation rate for January eased marginally to 11.1 percent from 11.6 percent, despite high prices in firewood and …
Jan. 29 (LBR) - Big business can do more to cement the peace process by focusing on weak links like human rights and promoting pluralism according to experts. …
Jan. 25 (LBO) ? Sri Lanka Wednesday welcomed moves to restart peace talks with Tamil Tiger rebels next month as two opposition lawmakers defected to strengthen …
Mar 26, 2006 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's central bank has to gain independence from the treasury, if it is to bring down inflation and protect the poor, a top Indian …
KILINOCHCHI, Jan 25, 2006 (AFP) - Norway's top peace envoy Wednesday began talks with Tamil rebels in northern Sri Lanka aimed at saving a troubled ceasefire …
Jan 25 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels are key suspects in a string of bomb attacks in the capital, police sources said, as a Norwegian envoy arrived in …
KILINOCHCHI, Jan 25 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger rebels Wednesday agreed to hold talks with the Sri Lankan government in Geneva in mid-February, a top Norwegian peace …
Jan. 23 (LBO) – Over a year after the 2004 December tsunami, residents of 32 affected coastal villages will test a satellite based disaster warning system, …
Jan 24 (LBO) - The latest round of World Trade Organisation (WTO) talks in Hong Kong, has “neutral” impact on Sri Lanka, say trade experts. online pharmacy …
Jan. 24 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president on Tuesday asked peace broker Norway to arrange early talks with Tamil Tiger rebels and help stem the latest wave of …